them in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people. >> the latest on the deadly attacks in belgium. and the reaction locally as terror strikes again in the heart of europe. first at 4:00, there are raids at homes in brussels, at least one raid has turned up an isis flag and explosive device. isis is claiming responsibility for the explosions that killed at least 31 at subway station and airport. this comes just days after the arrest of another terror suspect in brussels who is say cuesed in last november's attacks in paris. meanwhile, night has fallen there in belgium. it is morning around brussels these are live pictures around brussels where hundreds are holding a vigil. we have team coverage on reaction around the world. including what the attacks mean for us

at the least it means tighter security at all three airports here and right now we're getting a look at some new images from that airport in brussels. >> this surveillance video released by belgian police shows three men believed to have been part of this morning's attacks. nbc news contributor christopher dickie breaks down the latest details in the investigation from brussels. >>. >> terror struck right in the heart of europe, the heart administratively and emotionally, a beautiful city, brussels, belgium. what happened? this morning at least one bomb went off in the brussels airport. >> everyone was in panic. we had to run. just because the situation was such -- everyone was scared. so everyone run. >> more than 20 people were killed and injured at a metro station. >> we felt a small blast of

and we heard some thudding in the distance. >> the net result is that this is a city on edge and a continent on edge. if you look at the fugitive suicide bombers at the airport, the pictures that have been circulated, that apparently are of them. they're not wearing suicide vests. they're not set up the way we expect suicide bombers to be. they're just pushing suitcases on trolleys in front of them. the thing to remember is, they didn't do it the way they always did it before. and that's what makes these guys so scary. back to you. >> well, it's been a very tense day for college students studying abroad. and their families. max okobayashi is a 20-year-old junior at american university. studying european politics at nato. to get to classes in brussels, he usually takes the same metro line hit by the explosion today. this morning he went to work using an above-ground tram. but some of

very close call on that metro line. i talked to him via skype. >> it was really scary to find out that some of my friends were close to the bombing. several of them were on trains, either just before or just after the bombs went off on the same line. and if they had been any sooner or later, they could have been hurt and fortunately everybody is safe. >> now coming up in the next hour, how okabayashi learned about the explosions. and the american university's school administrator have posted on their facebook page. saying all students are safe and accounted for and their thoughts are with those who have been impacted by the events. metro has stepped up patrols around some rail stations, even though there are no known threats. you're going to see more police officers and canine security sweeps. news4's transportation

adam tuss is live at the l'enfante plaza station. can you give us an idea of how metro responding to the attack overseas? >> what metro is doing is what they always do when there is a terror threat. they're stepping up their response in response to whatever happened there. but they say there is no credible threat. you mentioned that, that's the most important thing. we've got another busy rush hour under way here at l'enfante plaza. this is the place where so many buses come and drop off riders and people come and go all day long. we did see transit police officers earlier around this area. there are some police officers who are down in the stations taking a walk around. canine teams are going to be out. and what metro tells us is that their transit police officers are basically overlapping their shifts right now. and overtime is happening. regardless, after all of this, brussels is on the mind of metro riders. >> it's scary. it's very scarey. you know, it's

coming to a city near you, i know. i know it's on its way, it's scary stuff. hopefully something can be done about it. >> and we continue to look at people making their way tonight here at the l'enfante plaza metro station. ky tell you that metro transit police have been on multiple conference calls with other large u.s. transit systems. they say there's no credible threat. guys, back to you. >> all right. adam, thank you. you can also expect to see changes and a major show of force at the airports. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver shows us the scene from dulles. >> here at dulles airport, the one flight that was scheduled to head to brussels tonight has been canceled. security at high levels here. certainly increased. we can show you what it looks like outside the airport at the curbside check-in area. not only marked police vehicles, but also armored police vehicles are out there. inside you see there are almost

that are walking through the terminal. they're carrying rifles, they're waring bulletproof vests. they also have canine units throughout the airport today. we've noticed them searching anything from trash cans to luggage to even our own camera. just ahead on news4 at 5:00, we speak to one security expert, who has some advice for airports when it comes to expanding certain security areas. now he says as you've noticed, probably, security pretty tight especially once you go through the tsa section. but what do you do for the general check-in area? we look at it ahead on news4 at 5:00. a plane that left brussels minutes before the explosions landed this afternoon in florida, just outside of orlando. the plane was sent to the far end of the airport property. a lot of police officers met up with that plane. passengers were bussed to a holding area. there was no threat involving the flight, but officials say they wanted to take extra steps

here in northwest d.c., flags are flying half-staff outside the belgian embassy around mourners are bringing flowers to honor the victims. we've seen more secret service agents outside that embassy. we're going to go live there for a live report coming up at 4:15. let's turn to the weather. and storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. what's it like out there today, doug? >> not a bad day to get out and about. cherry blos oms coming out the next couple of days. and baseball season. take a look, out towards rockville. this is richard montgomery high school. the team out there, they're having a little baseball practice this afternoon. i miss my baseball-playing days. more like spring over the next few days. baseball will be even better tomorrow. highs in the 70s tomorrow and thursday, friday, cooler. average high this time of year is 58. notice as the camera swings around, every day will be above average. at least in the city. so that's good news out there, too. now tonight's headlines, getting warmer across

tracking showers, i'll show you when the showers move in and who has the best chance to see the showers. watching our holiday weekend, let you know if there's any problems associated with the weather as we make our way through the next couple of days. guys? >> all right, doug. president obama wraps up his historic trip to cuba. but the attacks in belgium top his agenda. more on that, plus what the presidential candidates are saying about it. >> we're following breaking news out of fredericksburg. chopper 4 is over the scene of a police-involved shooting. we'll be back with

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at the live desk we're following breaking news in fredericksburg. police say there's been a shooting involving one of their officers. chopper 4 has just arrived over the scene, we're waiting to get images from the chopper. this is kenlock and brayhead drive, a couple miles south of the university of mary washington. police say the shooting happened after a traffic stop and pursuit at about 1:00 p.m. one man is seriously injured. the officer was not shot,

taken to the hospital as a precaution. and virginia state police taking over this investigation in fredericksburg. we're going to keep a close eye on this and have updates here and on the nbc washington app. things are back to normal at howard university hospital. a water main broke in the main building's basement yesterday and flooded the critical care area. staff had to relocate eight patients, cancel appointments and divert ambulances to other hospitals. a public hearing this afternoon about proposed new rules for tanning beds in montgomery county. the county council is considering requiring salons to post warnings about the risk of cancer associated with tanning beds and banning minors from using those beds. state law already requires minors to have a parent sign a release form. one salon manager says most minors opt for spray tans, anyway. unless they're preparing for a vacation, where they don't want to get sunburned. well the candidates are speaking out on what

trail on another day of primaries. we're going to hear what they have to say. >> this is chris gordon at the embassy of belgium in northwest washington. ahead, how people from our area are sharing their sadness over tod's terrorist bombinaygs

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the latest now on the explosions at a brussels airport and subway station. right now belgian police are conductsing a series of raids across the country during the search of one house authorities say they found an explosive device that contained nails as well as chemicals and an isis flag. investigators believe two men staged suicide bombings at the airport, and a third man ran off. at least 31 people were killed, 190 wounded in the attacks today. president obama is heading to argentina, before he left

will, that the united states is going to back up the authorities in belgium and help them seek justice. the white house released this photo of president obama conferring with national security adviser susan rice at the u.s. embassy in havana. on the phone with homeland security adviser lisa monaco. getting advice on the bombings. >> this is yet another reminder that the world must unite. we must be together. regardless of nationality, or race or faith. in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. >> the president called belgium prime minister charles michel and offered his condolences and the republican presidential candidates are doing the same on social media and they're criticizing president obama's response. john kasich says the president must return home immediately and get to work with our allies. and ted cruz

is at where with us and we cannot defeat it if we refuse to name it and hillary clinton says these terrorists seek to undermine the democratic values that are the foundation of our way of life and will never succeed. bernie sanders is calling it a ban barrick attack and offering his condolences to the people of brussels. in washington many are expressing their support for the terror attack victims. and the survivors. news4's chris gordon is live at the belgian embassy with more on the show of solidarity and the show of strength there. chris? >> well, it has been quiet most of the afternoon, with people coming to leave tlaurs and say a prayer behind me. you see evangelist mary clement of silver spring. talking to an agent from the secret service. as they are making sure that security is tight. the flags of europe and belgium are at half-staff. today there is a shared sense of loss.

plants to the growing memorial for the lives taken in today's terrorist attacks in brussels. >> it was my mother's idea and she, we have family back in belgium. a lot of them actually mixt gra. my grandfather was an immigrant during world war ii. we're keeping them in our thoughts and prayers during all the horrible stuff going on over there right now. >> u.s. secret service officers are part of the heightened security here at the embassy of belgium in northwest washington. ambassador johan verbeke says there's been no threat made here in washington. >> we are resilient people. we'll stand on our feet, and i'm sure that with the strength, not just of our own security services and intelligence community, but also the strength of the international community. we will overcome that. and we will survive. >> ahead at 5:00, we'll hear why a family who came here today to

apply for visas say that the terrorists attack will not change their travel plans. that's the latest live from the belgian embassy in northwest washington. back to you in the studio. >> thanks, chris. right now we're getting reports of some long lines outside polling places in arizona. where democrats and republicans are holding primaries. donald trump and hillary clinton are leading with 98 delegates at stake for republicans and 149 for democrats. both parties are holding caucuses in utah and democrats also caucus in idaho. senator ted cruz won the republican caucus in that state earlier this month.ag> out there right now, looking good across our region. plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies, temperatures a little bit warmer, upper 50s to low 60s today. temperatures about five to ten degrees warmer than they've been over the past couple of days. a beautiful shot, 61 degrees, winds out of the south at 16 miles per hour. again

the winds helping to produce the warmer numbers, along the water, still quite clear. 61 leesburg. 63 in charlottesville. nice everywhere today. still with the breeze, it's a little bit cool, but not bad at all. storm team 4 radar. not going to see rain or snow any time soon. what we're going to see, see these clouds right in here? that's actually a warm front that's going to be moving through the region. and as it does, we'll see even warmer air move in during the day tomorrow. out at the bus stop temperatures will be a lot warmer than this morning. back to about 50 degrees early in the morning. 70 degrees by the time you're heading home or by the time the kids are heading home between 3:00 and 4:00 with plenty of sunshine during the afternoon. a mix of sun and clouds really. 71 the high temperature d.c., 73 in fredericksburg. did you do this graphic or did i? >> you did. >> i did, i put 7 degrees in culpepper. trying to blame veronica and it didn't work. few days, exercise, we're

lunch outdoors, beautiful. enjoy around town. no problems at all. a phenomenal forecast really good forecast for the beginning of the cherry blossom festival coming up this weekend and for the weekend forecast for easter. 71 on your wednesday and 75 on thursday, most areas at least around 70 degrees. if not 75. we have in d.c. some areas a little bit warmer. it will be rather breezy on wednesday, gusting 20-25 miles per hour. the winds producing the warmer temperatures, rain moves in thursday night to early friday morning. it should be done around 9:00 amt. it may affect the early-morning rush a temperature of 68 on saturday. on saturday, temperature around 60 degrees, nice weather moving in we've got the weekend forecast. veronica has that, i'll change it for her so it's good for her coming up at 4:45, you're welcome, vj. >> do law got to do, doug. >> got to help my friends. a fight between apple and the fbi put on hold as th

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in a time of crisis, social media may be the only way to communicate with friends and loved ones. >> yeah, especially if cell service is unavailable. susan hogan explains what happens. >> within minutes of the brussels terror attack, facebook activated what they call a safety check feature this allows users in a tragedy or national zaster to mark themselves as safe. now here's how it works. facebook will actually locate those users in the affected area. and ask if they're safe. users can then have the choice to either click on i'm safe or i'm not in the area. facebook will also alert users if their friends checked in with a safety check feature so you know if they're also okay. facebook unveiled safety check in 2014. the first time facebook had to use it for a terror attack was in november during the attacks on paris. google has something simil

but google did not activate the tool for today's terror attack. it sells me it typically limits the tool to national disasters. back to you. >> susan hogan, thank you. controversy over a high-profile custody battle. and we continue our coverage of the violence in brussels, the steps taken to increase security in other cities across the nation in reaction to the attacks today.

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many not knowing which way led to safety. witnesses say the scene was absolute chaos. >> everyone was in panic. we had to run. and everyone is crying and i just -- yes. it was the first time i saw such a thing in my life. >> two americans said they felt the explosion sent wave throughs their bodies. president obama is offering help to the people of belgium as they react with tighter security at airports and train stations. nbc's brian mooar is live on capitol hill. is seems to underscore some long-standing security concerns. >> chris, it does. we're talking about multiple powerful devices that went off here. a blow to the seat of the european union and the nato alliance. but also a wakeup call. isis is claiming credit for the bombings of an airport and train station in brussels. twin terror attacks that left dozens a

president obama was briefed on the tragedy and pledged a global response. >> we stand in solidarity with them in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people. >> here in the state, security was stepped up at strain train stations and airports from coast to coast. the surveillance photo of the suspected attackers highlights a longstanding fear, u.s. train stations and even airports remain soft targets. >> this event took place not inside the airport beyond the security, but before the security. >> in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks in brussels. >> while congress offered a moment of silence, the presidential candidates tweaked their talking points. >> this is not a lone wolf. this is a war with radical islamic terrorism. >> even if we were to build a tall wall around the entire continental united states, the internet would still get over it. >> defense secretary ashton carter told lawmakers homeland security is not enough. >> we want to accelerate the

defeat of isil in iraq and syria. why? because that's the, what i call the parent tumor of the cancer. >> a deadly attack overseas, that hits close to home. >> and here in the district belgium's maps to the united states says his country knew some kind of attack was coming. and tightened security. yet was unable to stop this tragedy. live on capitol hill, brian mooar, news4. now some local insight about the attacks, trisha bacon is an assistant professor at american university's school of public affairs. thank you for so much for being with us today. >> you worked on counterterrorism for the better part of ten years at the state department. you know, these were two very public places. >> thousand do we guard against something like this? >> there's a component that we are hardening the security. at places that have been

need to have robust intelligence collection against these networks and have penetrations. so you can anticipate what these networks are going to do. and in addition to that you're going to have intelligence sharing. each service is going to have different pieces of the pie that they can bring to the overall picture that we're facing. lastly this speaks to a very basic and local community effort. that there's trust between the government and the locals, between the police and the local community. because there's clearly a local support network. that these terrorists have relied on so there needs to be those kinds of ties between the community and the police. and based on what we know about the, this network and about the events of today, based on the evidence they found so far, what does this say to you about the sophistication of this group? and what are the questions that this raises in your mind? >> this is clearly a very sophisticated terrorist network. if it was the same network that did the paris attacks

attacks today in brussels, this is a highly sophisticated network. it's clearly a network that's made significant inroads into a local community in brussels. so this doesn't necessarily tell us as much as we would like about isis' overall capability in europe. we know it has at least one highly capable network. we don't know what's left. we don't know who the main bomb maker is, we don't know who the recruiter, we have questions that need answers before we get a handle on this situation. >> belgium is such a small country. how does a network this extensive and this capable continue to flourish without the authorities knowing what is going on? >> that's a very serious question that i think these attacks have raised. there's going to be a lot of scrutiny on the belgian services especially with the return, they estimate about 100 foreign fighters. these are people going to merit further scrutiny. >> we've gone to syria and iraq and returned to belgium. these are going to be people who should be un

surveillance. >> it's been speculated that this week's arrest of salah abdeslam moved this up. or may have moved this up. do you agree with that? >> i think that's a likely scenario. there was planning under way. they wouldn't have been able to plan all this in four days, but that there was planning under way accelerated by his arrest. so the targets may have changed or some of the aspects of the plot may have changed, but this was something that was accelerated by his arrest. >> trisha bacon of american university school of public affairs, thank you. >> another live look at an ongoing vigil in brussels under way for victims of today's attacks. in less than ten minutes we'll hear from a witness to the attacks. and later, lester holt will have a special hour of extended coverage on nightly news, starting at 7:00, after news4 at 6:00. a new hack puts the fight between the fbi and apple on hold. the newest deadline in the battle to

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scott mcfarland with breaking news at the live desk. german media reporting that the police in germany have stopped and arrested three people who may be suspects in today's brussels attacks, arrested in rosenheim, germany. about eight hours from brussels, we don't know their role or how they're being investigated. we'll watch for more details as they come in. chris? >> thank you, scott. a woman in raleigh get a terrifying call around 3:00 a.m. it was her husband, in brussels, telling her what happened. now he was just a few feet away from that first explosion in the airport. but he told her he was okay. he was getting ready to fly home. but stepped away for a moment to buy a magazine in the terminal. >> that's probably what saved my life. and i was in the store. and was ready

first explosion, very close to us. happened. i turned around as we saw the ceiling come down. and immediately, one other person and myself jumped underneath the cash register of where we were. and waited and shortly thereafterthere was a second explosion further away. >> he said he and about 60 other people were able to get to a safe area. the airport. eventually he got back to his sister's house in belgium, where he's still trying to regroup. and at that point he's not sure when he's going to make it home to raleigh. right now, president obama and the first family are headed to argentina following their historic visit to cuba. the president spent his final day in cuba speaking to the people and taking in a baseball game. nbc's jay gray is live in havana. hey, jay.

president maintained his schedule in cuba on the last day of this historic trip. we're told he was constantly getting updates on the situation in brussels. >> president obama's unprecedented speech broadcast live on state television in cuba. began with a strong message for those responsible for the attacks in brussels. >> we can and will defeat the those who threaten the safety and security of those around the world. >> the president acknowledged the difference in politics between cuba and the united states. but stressed any change in their long-strained relationship must begin with the people. >> i believe in the cuban people. this is not just a policy of normalizing relations with the cuban government. united states of america is normalizing relations with the cuban people. >> he called for an end to the alleged hupen rights violations in the nation and the u.s. trade embargo for more than 5

what the united states was doing was not working. we have to have the courage to acknowledge that truth. >> after his public address, the president met privately with dissidents and civil society members in havana. before joining cuban president, raul castro at the ballpark for a game between cuba's national team and the major league baseball tampa bay rays. >> that's the power of baseball, that's the power of sports, it can change attitudes sometimes in ways that a politician can never change. >> a fitting end to what was a controversial trip in both countries, but one the president considers -- the home run. now president obama left the game after the third inning to get back to the airport here. now he's left the island. as you talk about for a two and a half-day trip to argentina before returning back to d.c. that's the latest live here in havana, cuba, pat, b

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local family. a singer-songwriter owen danhoff takes the stage on the battle round of "the voice." >> danno grew up to d.c. and went to gonzaga high school. his dad won a grammy in 1976 for best new artist. as part of the starland vocal band, "afternoon delight." the two have been making music for years and now owen lives in new york making his own way. he says he enjoyed the run on "the voice" but being in the midst of the competition makes hill a little nervous. >> it's terrifying because you know how good everybody is. but all you can really do is try to make yourself proud. push yourself and do the best that you can. and hope that that's enough. >> coming up at 5:00, news4's mark segraves sits down with father and son as they talk about getting past those nerves.

forecast. >> warmer, yes, much warmer air on the way. even today felt pretty nice. our temperatures are higher than yesterday, and a lighter wind with sunshine. loving that. so we'll take a look. your wednesday, thursday, even friday now will be well above average. average high, 58 degrees. the weekend will see cooler conditions, then back up again monday, tuesday of next week so feeling more like spring. and you know what that means? we're talking about the cherry blossoms, peeking for tomorrow and the end of the work week. it means this is going to be rising, the pollen count, last 24 hours, the tree pollen, moderate. it's elm and juniper that are bugging some of us. evening impact for us, a little breezy. we'll see the wind start to ease, the temperatures from around 60 degrees, upper 50s to mid 50s by 8:00. it will get a little chilly late and by early tomorrow morning. instead of dropping to the 30s, we in the upper 40s to a

degrees, so milder start and our temperatures rise quickly. by 11:00 a.m. we hit 60 degrees, you're going to notice the warmth tomorrow. much less of a wind with these high temperatures, wind out of the southwest, will carry into the mid 60s by 1:00. sunshine throughout the day tomorrow, so plenty warm and 70 degrees, 3:00. it's going to be gorgeous at the tidal basin tomorrow. from 71 degrees, la plata. 73 fredericksburg. all the playgrounds packed and the running trails as well. with the high of 68 degrees. temperatures like that feeling a lot like may around here. take a look at thursday, too. mid 70s. going up to for high temperatures during the afternoon. just a few more clouds out there. and if this is late thursday, that's 11:00 p.m. when we drop to the mid 60s. by then, it's a chance of rain for us. gitsing to be very brief carrying over into early friday morning. mild sunshine for your saturday. the high 60 dre

partly sunny and easter sunday, we're mostly cloudy with the evening showers. so that's after the sun goes down. as far as the weekend. again, not too bad in the mid 60s. early part of next week. the higher temperatures as well. i'm tracee wilkins, in annapolis, where a committee hearing on a new domestic violence task force just wrapped up. the state is looking in how it can help to quell the growing violence of domestic violence throughout the state. now this is introduced by prince george's county senator anthony muse. he was inspired to introduce this legislation after the double murders in the shauntty and chloe davis, the prince george's county teacher and her 2-year-old daughter, killed at the hands of the daughter's father. according to his confession. today neshante's sister testified before the committee. saying this legislation is needed not only

george's county, but the entire state. >> being a domestic violence victim myself. knowing this could save a life. save someone else from having to go through the same tragedy that we recently went through. it was very, very hard work. >> coming up what this legislation is expected to accomplish. controversy after a 6-year-old is taken from the only family she's ever known. >> it's a fight that's pitting a foster family agains members otf it's about taking a stand.

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here's a live look at a vigil under way in brussels for victims of today's terror attacks. in the next hour, the latest on the arrest of three people who may be suspects in the bombings. crying and clutching her teddy bear, a 6-year-old was taken away from her foster family to live with extended relatives in utah. >> k nbc's gordon takamatsu re

after years of court battle and protests. >> the man with the beard, foster dad rusty page carrying lexi, age six to a waiting car. she clutched a stuffed animal and seemed to glance around, confused and then l.a. social workers stepped in and the door on their foster relationship officially closed. four years ago page had taken lexi in under l.a. county's foster parent program. but under the indian child welfare act passed in the 1970s, she's to be sent with utah to live with extended relatives herks lineage is 1.7% choctaw. a devastated page spoke with reporters saying that county told him he may have contact with her in the future. >> they are the said they're protecting lexi. i think they've proven that they're liars. >> you don't think you'll see her

>> i'll see her again. >> but not through the county, and did not elaborate. dsf director phillip broung said he can't comment about this case, but i want to insure the public that my department will continue to act in the best interest of the children we serve. he added often there are no easy solutions. but when a court makes an order, we must follow it. for page, who said all along that lexi's well-being is better served here with he and his family, it's a claim he cannot accept. >> it doesn't make sense, it doesn't. >> just a tough situation. news4 at 5:00 starts now. the metro immediately stopped. the lights turned off, the engine turned off and a message came over the intercom saying that there had been a disturbance on the line. >> we saw the seating come down -- ceiling come down and immediately one other person and myself jumped underneath the cash register of where we were. >> we

to fight than we were in the past. >> this is yet another reminder that the world must unite. we must be together. >> terror in brussels, a live look at belgium. where it is just about 10:00 at night. as a day of bloodshed draws to a close, isis is now claiming responsibility for those deadly blasts. we are following a number of new developments this afternoon. i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim handly. terror bombings in brussels this morning, at the international airport and a subway station. at least 31 people are dead tonight. that airport attack involved suitcase bombs. two of them were detonated by the terrorists while a third did not explode. >> a picture has emerged showing three men who police believe could be involved. the two men wearing dark shirts are believed to have blown themselves up in this attack. but belgian police are conducting raids, they are

>> so far, they have seized a nail-packed bomb. chemicals and an isis flag during those raids. here in washington, security is heightened while flags are lowered at the balance jump embassy in the northwest. news4's chris gordon is there where nervous families are trying to check on their loved ones overseas. chris? >> wendy, the belgium embassy is trying to carry on its diplomatic mission here in washington. on a day of great sadness. this family came to the embassy today for visas. they want to take their aunt to belgium for the first time in her life to visit relatives there. >> any fear about traveling to belgium now? >> well yeah. it's scary. it is really scary. so, but everything is in the hand of god. so -- >> so you're going? >> i'm positive i want to go. >> belgium's ambassador to